Well, it appears that at least some people have now found a new pet peeve, so-called “fake news,” to be useful in attacking news stories they don’t like. The term of course is new, but the fact is not new at all. Various media throughout the centuries have engaged in propagandistic writing in various forms, […]
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Fake News: Hint, this blog is not fake news
07 Dec 2016
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Elitism and Elitism
02 Dec 2016
Am I an elitist? Does the fact that I support the continued existence of the Electoral College make me elitist? Does my sometimes suspicion of democracy in its raw form make me elitist? And, is being an elitist all bad? Or is there some distinction between being an elitist and a pernicious brand of elitism? […]
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According to the progressive far-left, if you disagree with an African-American president’s policies, it’s because you are a racist. If you believe that–shock–there are differences in males and females beyond body parts, you are a sexist. So if you are unwilling to vote for Mrs. Clinton, it is probably because you’re a sexist. If you […]
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My Trumpotheses
10 Nov 2016
I have waged an extraordinarily minor campaign against Donald Trump as a nominee and as a candidate. I say “waged” very loosely, because I did not make it a point to oppose him, but I honestly believed a Trump presidency would be disastrous. I was troubled by his character, inexperience, temperament, and policies. As an […]
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What Do We Do?
09 Nov 2016
The historic election is over; President-elect Trump gave his acceptance speech just before 3 AM Eastern time this morning. Some United States citizens are elated over the prospect of Trump’s presidency and some are downcast at the collapse of our government. Many of us are somewhere in between. What do we do? The smoke has cleared. […]
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Why? And What Now?
09 Nov 2016
At about 3 AM last night we were informed that Donald Trump would be our 45th president. My daughter photographed the screen and we all went to bed. But now the next phase in all this process begins: governance–which is very different from winning a campaign. Before I get to that, let me say a […]
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A Response on Immigration
02 Nov 2016
My Bereans colleague Bert Wheeler has written compelling piece here essentially in favor of open immigration. In theory and in essence I agree with his conclusions, but I would not take such a seemingly broad stance on the issue. Several things are important to understand. I believe he would also affirm at least most of […]
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“Calling God’s sexual ethic hate speech does Satan’s bidding. This is Orwellian nonsense or worse.”
31 Oct 2016
Rosaria Butterfield, who walked away from the lesbian community, argues this in a profound piece over at The Gospel Coalition, where she offers a compelling critique of our cultural surrender: For when we advocate for laws and policies that bless the relationships that God calls sin, we are acting as though we think ourselves more merciful than […]
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Political Virtue: It’s Time to Begin a Movement
24 Oct 2016
No matter who you plan to vote for I am seeing some things that really disturb me. One recent development is the new Wikileaks (not Wikipedia) trove of John Podesta showing communications between Democratic operatives and poll agencies in which the Democrats requested ways to manipulate polls by oversampling certain groups and under-sampling others. A […]
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Do immigrants import their economic (and political) destiny? And is there any correlation between a past (in some nation) that is anti-market, undemocratic, untrusting and the present state of the nations to which they have migrated in sufficient numbers? That first sentence is the title of an article in Evonomics: The Next Evolution of Economics, […]
Bert Wheeler
Jeff Haymond
Marc Clauson
Mark Caleb Smith
Tom Mach